Packing-case



(No Model.)

B. A. TURNER. PACKING CASE.

No; 508,451. Patented Nov. 14, 1 93.

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EDWARD A. TURNER, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 508,451, dated November 14, 1893.

' Application filed August 20,1892. Serial No. 443.675. (N0 model.)

To all whom it'mayconcern: 7

Be it known thatI, EDWARD A. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mar-l shalltown, in the countyof Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new'and useful Improvementin Packing-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My improved packingcase is adapted to storeincandescent electriclamps, and toallow of reasonably rough handling and transportation. The construction has features closely analogous to the well-known cases or carriers for transporting eggs. I have devised important improvements in the details which enable it to hold the rounded bodies of the lamps with great delicacy and strength. I engage the projecting spur or point usually formed on the lower end. of each lamp in a corresponding hole in the packing material of the case to insure not only the gentle'and ei'ficient holding but also the correct position of the lamps, each in its proper cell of the packingcase. The lamp should 7 always be carried with the ferrule uppermost so that gravity may contribute to hold the carbon in its correct position. I. provide a pocket in each end for receiving and showing a direction tag which is made accessible for removal and exchange by opening the case.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and represent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure l is a plan view with a portion of the cover and of the upper elastic packing board removed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion. Figs. 4: and 5 represent details on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Fig. 5 shows the same in a c0mpacted condition for packing.

layer is formed of ten transverse rows with five lamps in each row.

I provide boards B of plaited paper for the v 'bottom, the mid-height and the top, each twenty-five by thirteen and one-half inches, and boards B of similar material constitut ing a lining of the vertical sides and ends of the box. Each board B and B is made of two layers of three-plyplaited paper, glued slightly but sufficiently one upon another. The bot tom board B and the corresponding midheight board are each perforated with fifty small holes I), arranged as shown. I provide strips of heavy paper D of a length a little more than sufficient to extend across the in terior of the case between the lining sheets B.

- rugated paper D, bent many times at right angles, as indicatedat d, d. The rectangular convolutions of this strip D in combina tion with the part D constitute series of cells, five in each series. These are placed in the case A in the manner shown so as to form removable partitions containing series of cells extending across the case. The holes I) should lie centrally in the bottom of the several cells,

one hole in the bottom of each cell. The depth of the cells is sufficient to receive a lamp M with its ferrule end uppermost, its swelled body delicately supported in the interior of the cell touching each of the four sides, and its point or spur M inserted in the hole b in the bottom of the cell.

For lamps of the present standard size I cut the pieces of corrugated paper D twentyseven and one-half inches by six inches, and fold them every two and one-half inches, the piece of smooth paper D thirteen and onehalf inches by six inches and "make a fold in the latter half an inch from each end. Then I lightly glue the corrugated and folded paper D to the plain paper D, letting the halfinch fold in the plane part lap on to the end of the folded corrugated paper D to reinforce the corners of the outside lamp pockets. This makes a good bearing for the end of the removable partition against the yieldinglining B.

I have shown a cover A for the case A, connected by hinges A A lVhen the lamps are properly packed the cover maybe secured by screws A or by any other means. A valence or series of strengthening and stiffening cleats A extend around the top of the body A. I provide an aperture a in each of the end strips A of sufficient dimensions to allow the insertion and removal through each of a stout address card E. Below each aperture is a pocket G, which may be of galvanized sheet metal, secured by screws, and adapted to cover the edges of the card and allow its central and main portion to be exhibitcd on the exterior. The cards E'should be of a size to match easily into the pockets, and may carry any address printed or written, or both. \Vhen the cover A is raised, these cards E may be easily lifted out of the pocket-s G through the apertures a, and turned around, or exchanged. When it is desired to return the case I present a proper address on the back of the cards E, so that the address eardswill by being reversed return the packing-case to the place where the lamps are manufactured. The cards are efliciently retained when the cover is closed and secured. The under side of the valenceA is under-cut a little at each end to facilitate the use of this part of the structure in lifting and handlingthe cases. When the case is full, each layer holds fifty amps, and it is easy to count alarge number of the lamps by the number ofcases, one hundred in each case. Each lamp is held steadily by the contact of the gaperD on four sides, and the engagement tthe-point M in the hole I) inthe bottom. It for any reason a case is sent off with only a portion of its cells filled, it will serve inthe same'manner, the paper 'D, D, being stiff enough to hold its convolutions in place independently of any internal support from the lamp.

The strips D with their associated strips D maybe stored in a small compass by distorting the cells in the manner indicated in Fig. 5. Thus conditioned, the strips may be piled upon each other to any height.

Modifications may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing'the advantages of the invention. The depth of the case A and of the several cells for the lamps may be varied within moderate limits. I prefer to have the depth such that when the spurs M are inserted and pressed gently home in their respective holes I) the ferrule end of the lamp will stand exactly at the top of the cell, and be gently pressed by the soft board B which applies above it. The cases may be larger or smaller, and adapted to contain agreater or lesser number of lamps. The plaits in the board B and linin'g'B and the corrugations in thepartitions D, may runin any direction. I prefer that they 'shall extend'longitudinally in the horizontal boards B, and vertically in the vertical linings B, and also vertically in the'rnembersD' of the removable partitions. The Iin'ingpieces B may be secured to the interior of'thecase A by tacks.

I can use a tag-holder as described onone end only of the case, but Iprefer tosomark each end, as it may save'mnch laborin 'looking over a pile of cases to find;the address.

Iclaim as my invention- The combination with the rigid i-nclosin'g case A of the horizontally arrangedsheets B of yielding material, perforated at b, the yielding lining B andthe partitions D, 'arranged to serve relatively to each otherand to each inclosed incandescent lamp -M,"M, substan tially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim'thein-vention above set forthI affix my 's'ignature in presence of two witnesses. I

EDWARD A. TURNER.

Witnesses:

E. A. HARRIS, D. T.DEN1\I-EAD. 

